SETDB1

SET domain, bifurcated 1
Identifiers
Symbols SETDB1; ESET; H3-K9-HMTase4; KG1T; KIAA0067; KMT1E
External IDs OMIM604396 MGI1934229 HomoloGene32157 GeneCards: SETDB1 Gene
EC number 2.1.1.43
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 9869 84505
Ensembl ENSG00000143379 ENSMUSG00000015697
UniProt Q15047 Q6AXH8
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001145415.1 NM_018877
RefSeq (protein) NP_001138887.1 NP_061365
Location (UCSC) Chr 1:
150.9 – 150.94 Mb
Chr 3:
95.13 – 95.16 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Histone-lysine N-methyltransferase SETDB1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the SETDB1 gene.[1][2]

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Function

The SET domain is a highly conserved, approximately 150-amino acid motif implicated in the modulation of chromatin structure. It was originally identified as part of a larger conserved region present in the Drosophila Trithorax protein and was subsequently identified in the Drosophila Su(var)3-9 and 'Enhancer of zeste' proteins, from which the acronym SET is derived. Studies have suggested that the SET domain may be a signature of proteins that modulate transcriptionally active or repressed chromatin states through chromatin remodeling activities.[2]

Interactions

SETDB1 has been shown to interact with TRIM28.[3]

References

  1. ^ Harte PJ, Wu W, Carrasquillo MM, Matera AG (Jun 1999). "Assignment of a novel bifurcated SET domain gene, SETDB1, to human chromosome band 1q21 by in situ hybridization and radiation hybrids". Cytogenet Cell Genet 84 (1–2): 83–6. doi:10.1159/000015220. PMID 10343109. 
  2. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: SETDB1 SET domain, bifurcated 1". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=9869. 
  3. ^ Schultz, David C; Ayyanathan Kasirajan, Negorev Dmitri, Maul Gerd G, Rauscher Frank J (Apr. 2002). "SETDB1: a novel KAP-1-associated histone H3, lysine 9-specific methyltransferase that contributes to HP1-mediated silencing of euchromatic genes by KRAB zinc-finger proteins". Genes Dev. (United States) 16 (8): 919–32. doi:10.1101/gad.973302. ISSN 0890-9369. PMC 152359. PMID 11959841. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=152359. 

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